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Why choose Bradford for your PhD?

Our reputation for quality

We have one of the largest and longest-established management-school PhD programmes in Europe.
The Financial Times rated us second in the UK and eighth in Europe in the league table for overall European business school of 2006.
The European Foundation for Management Development has awarded us the European business school quality kite-mark under its EQUIS scheme, the leading international system of quality assessment among business schools.
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has accredited our full-time and part-time doctoral programmes, and our training programme in research methods.

Our roots in the real world

Our full-time faculty and visiting fellows have expertise covering all the main areas of business and management, obtained from their research, teaching, consultancy and practical management experience. They are highly experienced in delivering research training and in supervising doctoral theses in management. Many of them have gained this experience overseas. Their research output includes many texts that are internationally specified teaching or reference works.

Much, if not most, of the research we do is in collaboration with individual organisations, and reflects real-world issues and concerns. Our past and present clients include Asda, Bayer, the BBC, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Ford, Kelda (Yorkshire Water), Lloyds TSB, National Power, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Royal Mail, the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Siemens Communications, Unilever and the Yorkshire Building Society.

The study environment

Our self-contained site is in six hectares of parkland in Bradford's leafy suburbs, five kilometres from the city centre and the main University of Bradford campus. While two historic buildings dominate the site - a 19th century former theological college and a former wool manufacturer's mansion - modern buildings have been sympathetically integrated. Today's School of Management boasts every facility you will need for high-level study and research.

We offer excellent resources for management learning, and some of the most up-to-date teaching technology. Online databases give access to the full texts of around 2,000 business and management periodicals, full-text market reports, company financial information and global industry analysis.

In taking your PhD at Bradford, you will be studying with gifted people from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. You will therefore benefit from an exciting and intellectually challenging study environment, and networking opportunities on an international scale.

A warm welcome for international students

We have an enviable reputation for making students from other countries feel welcome. International students bring diverse perspectives on current business and management issues and help to create a stimulating atmosphere for research. More than 30 nations are represented among the students at our Bradford campus, while some 2,000 students are registered for various awards on our overseas programmes.

We recognise the extra challenges that being an international student can bring, and strive to help you to overcome them as quickly as possible. It is probable we can put you in contact with someone in your own country who has passed through our PhD programme in the past, so you can learn from him or her whether the Bradford PhD is right for you.

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